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Your Smartphone Is A Parasite, According To Evolution
Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been with us throughout human history. Yet, the greatest parasite now is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design. Its host? Every human on Earth with a wifi signal.
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Shocking X-ray Reveals Human Body Infested With Tapeworm Larvae
The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts in soft tissues.
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"One Of The Craziest CT Scans": US Doctor Reveals Disturbing Effects Of Undercooked Pork On Body
Dr Sam Ghali, an emergency physician in Florida, shared a shocking CT scan revealing severe parasitic infection in a patient's legs caused by eating undercooked pork.
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Shocking Images Reveal Hidden Parasites That Could Infest Your Pet
Microscopic images reveal the severe infestation of tapeworms and roundworms in cats, emphasizing the critical need for regular deworming.
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US Man Goes To Hospital With Migraines, Doctors Find Tapeworm In His Brain
It's believed that he contracted the illness from eating undercooked bacon after the patient told doctors about his ''lifelong preference for soft bacon.''
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Fungi And Flatworms: Scientists Want More Diverse Nature Emojis
The researchers also noted there were no emojis representing either platyhelminths (flatworms, including tapeworms) or nematodes, despite there being more than 20,000 platyhelminth species and almost 20,000 nematode species.
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Parasites As Fountain Of Youth? Study Finds Infected Ants Live Much Longer
The parasite that affects these ants is a tapeworm called Anomotaenia brevis that is found in several types of woodpecker.
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Man Visits Hospital With Cough, Doctors Find Tapeworm Infestation
The Brazilian man's diagnosis was posted on Twitter by Dr Vitor Borin P de Souza, but he later deleted the X-ray photo.
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Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Explores Tapeworm Drug for COVID-19
Reliance Industries Ltd. is working on a new COVID-19 drug and cheaper testing kits as the conglomerate owned by Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani looks to curb the pathogen which has ravaged India in the past year.
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Chinese Man Left With Tapeworms In Brain After Eating Undercooked Meat
The man is reportedly in his 40's and he rushed to hospital after suffering from severe headaches and seizures. A CT scan at a nearby hospital showed "intercranial calcifications" and lesions in his skull.
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Your Smartphone Is A Parasite, According To Evolution
Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been with us throughout human history. Yet, the greatest parasite now is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design. Its host? Every human on Earth with a wifi signal.
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Shocking X-ray Reveals Human Body Infested With Tapeworm Larvae
The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts in soft tissues.
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"One Of The Craziest CT Scans": US Doctor Reveals Disturbing Effects Of Undercooked Pork On Body
Dr Sam Ghali, an emergency physician in Florida, shared a shocking CT scan revealing severe parasitic infection in a patient's legs caused by eating undercooked pork.
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Shocking Images Reveal Hidden Parasites That Could Infest Your Pet
Microscopic images reveal the severe infestation of tapeworms and roundworms in cats, emphasizing the critical need for regular deworming.
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US Man Goes To Hospital With Migraines, Doctors Find Tapeworm In His Brain
It's believed that he contracted the illness from eating undercooked bacon after the patient told doctors about his ''lifelong preference for soft bacon.''
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Fungi And Flatworms: Scientists Want More Diverse Nature Emojis
The researchers also noted there were no emojis representing either platyhelminths (flatworms, including tapeworms) or nematodes, despite there being more than 20,000 platyhelminth species and almost 20,000 nematode species.
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Parasites As Fountain Of Youth? Study Finds Infected Ants Live Much Longer
The parasite that affects these ants is a tapeworm called Anomotaenia brevis that is found in several types of woodpecker.
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Man Visits Hospital With Cough, Doctors Find Tapeworm Infestation
The Brazilian man's diagnosis was posted on Twitter by Dr Vitor Borin P de Souza, but he later deleted the X-ray photo.
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Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Explores Tapeworm Drug for COVID-19
Reliance Industries Ltd. is working on a new COVID-19 drug and cheaper testing kits as the conglomerate owned by Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani looks to curb the pathogen which has ravaged India in the past year.
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Chinese Man Left With Tapeworms In Brain After Eating Undercooked Meat
The man is reportedly in his 40's and he rushed to hospital after suffering from severe headaches and seizures. A CT scan at a nearby hospital showed "intercranial calcifications" and lesions in his skull.
